Bilahari Kausikan

Bilahari Kausikan is Chairman of the Middle East Institute (NUS). He has spent his entire career in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. During his 37 years in the ministry, he served in a variety of appointments at home and abroad, including as ambassador to the Russian Federation, permanent representative to the United Nations in New York and as the permanent secretary to the ministry. Mr Kausikan studied at the Raffles Institution, the University of Singapore and Columbia University in New York.